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break away

verb
  1. To leave suddenly.
  2. To become separated, literally or figuratively. · A chunk of rock broke away from the cliff edge.
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Again and again he strove to break away, but I as often headed him off.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 107 · B2

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